If you use the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK, you might know that the Graph APIs for SharePoint sites sometimes need a little help. For instance, finding a set of sites to process can be problematic because the APIs do not support extensive filtering capabilities. The solution is to use other Microsoft 365 cmdlets to find objects associated with sites. Inserting an intermediate step might seem crazy, but it can be the most effective way of solving the problem.
What’s the best way to find SharePoint sites with the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK? Is the Get-MgAllSite cmdlet best or should you use the Get-MgSite cmdlet? Does it matter if you’re looking for one site or many sites? We explore the issue in this article by examining some reasons why you’d choose Get-MgSite and others that drive the decision for Get-MgAllSite.
An article last week discussed how to create SharePoint lists with the PnP.PowerShell module. In this article, we do the same with cmdlets from the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK. The results achieved with the Graph SDK aren’t as good as those gained with PnP.PowerShell. Some of the SDK cmdlets don’t function as expected and the resulting list is not as functional as the one generated by PnP. Oh well…
